David,
I've used this bit of VBScript with good success to generate
connection strings for DSN-less connections for a variety of data sources:

'-- BEGIN VBSCRIPT --

Dim oDataLinks, sRetval
Set oDataLinks = CreateObject("DataLinks")
On Error Resume Next 'trap the cancel
sRetVal = oDataLinks.PromptNew
On Error Goto 0
If Not IsEmpty(sRetVal) Then 'no cancel click
InputBox "Your Connection:", "OLEDB Connection String", sRetVal
End If
Set oDataLinks=Nothing

'-- END VBSCRIPT --

--- In ib-support@yahoogroups.com, "David A. Frischknecht"
<fishnet39@h...> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> If anybody else out there uses the XTG Systems IB6 ODBC driver,

could you

> give me an example of a connection string for use in VB6. I'm

working on a

> VB front end for a database, and I'd like to use a non-DSN

connection to the

> firebird database. Any input would be greatly appreciated.
>
> David A. Frischknecht
> http://fishnetonline.tripod.com